Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz Prediction, 10/20/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (78-60, 3rd in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (79-62, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, October 20, 2022.

Kiwoom is slugging .363 and have struck out 1,030 times, while being walked on 524 occasions. They have accumulated 573 RBI's as well as 1,240 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is sitting at .252. The Heroes have accrued 203 doubles as a team and have hit 93 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 616 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .333. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.3 runs/g, which is 8th in the league.

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Jung Hoo Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. Lee has hit .342 in his time in baseball, in addition to 530 runs scored and an OPS of .900. He has struck out 281 times and has walked on 334 occasions, contributing to a .407 on-base percentage. In his career, Lee has hit 58 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 468 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .493 and he has accumulated 1,550 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped into the batters box 3,555 times and has delivered with a hit 1,073 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have notched a total of 3,862 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,539 assists and 118 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which has them ranked 7th in the league and have a total of 132 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 85 bags and have been caught 42 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 33.1%.

The Heroes have a team earned run average of 3.81 so far this season (3rd in KBO), and they have rung up 1,001 hitters. Kiwoom has allowed 1,242 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 545 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.04 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35. Heroes pitchers have yielded 95 home runs in addition to 609 runs in total (8th in KBO).

KT has a total of 114 long balls on the year as well as 571 runs batted in. They have put up 186 two-baggers, while getting a free base 508 times as well as scoring 613 runs. The KT Wiz have tallied an OBP of .331 as well as a batting average of .255 so far this season. The Wiz have a team slugging % of .375 and they are scoring 4.38 runs per game (7th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,149 occasions (2nd in the league) and have a total of 1,209 base hits.

ByungHo Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. For the 5,273 at-bats in his career, Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .272 with 1,434 base hits. He has gone deep 385 times, as well as 2,852 total bases and also a .541 slugging %. Park has tallied a walk 749 times while fanning on 1,584 occasions. He has accumulated 953 runs and notched 1,126 RBIs. His OBP sits at .373 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .890.

In their 91 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 68 times and been caught 23 times (25.3% caught stealing rate). The KT Wiz have turned 129 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Wiz have racked up 1,393 assists, 95 errors and have earned a total of 3,758 putouts on the season.

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.241 with a FIP of 3.89 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.93 (1,039 strikeouts vs 355 walks). They sit at 9th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,199. They have conceded 89 dingers and they yield 3.89 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The KT pitching staff have yielded 541 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.48 (484 earned runs conceded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take KT and under the total runs

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